Pakistan Taliban

Pakistani soldiers enter a village during an operation against militants in Sewai in Pakistani tribal area of Bajur on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Pakistani troops killed eight Islamist militants Tuesday in an Afghan border region where insurgents are staging a comeback after a military operation there was declared a success, a local official said.(AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan)

Pakistani soldier, Ismail Mirzam, 25, stands guard in a village in the Bajur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A Pakistani soldier holds a rocket launcher while securing the area in the Bajur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Pakistani soldier, Ismail Mirzam, 25, looks on while standing guard in a village in the Bajur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A Pakistani soldier is seen while securing the area in the Bajur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. (AP Photo / Muhammed Muheisen)

A Pakistani soldier stands guard in front of a house covered with bullet holes in a recent fighting with Taliban militants, at the Bajur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A member of Lashkar, or local citizens' militia to fight Taliban militants, dances waving his riffle, as he and other members gather to greet Pakistani soldiers, unseen, in the Bajur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Members of Lashkar, or local citizens' militia to fight against Taliban militants, raising their riffles, greet Pakistani soldiers, unseen, in the Bajur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A members of Lashkar, or local citizens' militia to fight against Taliban militants,raises his riffle, as he and other members, greet Pakistani soldiers, unseen, in the Bajur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A member of Lashkar, a local citizens' militia who fight against Taliban militants, raises his rifle as he and other members greet Pakistani soldiers, unseen, in the Bajur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)